Observation pack · Sligo County Council

Chapel Hill , Abbeyquarter , Co. Sligo

The development will consist of the retention of alterations to the carparking, astroturf pitch, playground, open space, landscaping, bike shelters, ESB substation previously granted planning under planning reference PL20/445 and the change of use to accommodation for protected persons at Globe House and the former Novitiate building and all associated site works and services within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS Ref 12 SE and 13 SE / NIAH 32012037 as identified in the Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030.

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660395 · full record
Authority: Sligo County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.07 ha
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 19 Nov 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/SligoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660395/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660395 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Sligo County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 30 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Sligo County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M3 Neighbourhood centre	TC2 – town centre uses, type 2: Objective: Consolidate the existing fabric of central areas outside the town core (TC1 Zone) by densification of appropriate commercial and residential developments, ensuring a mix of commercial, recreational, civic, cultural, leisure, residential uses a	sligo county development plan 2024 2030	11 Nov 2024 → 11 Nov 2030

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Sligo County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Sligo County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 8
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R160348

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660317	Conditional	22 Sept 2026	271 m	Change of use from office to 3 bed dwelling
2660314	Conditional	22 Sept 2026	214 m	for the retention of the following works: 1. The retention of the as-built gable end roof to the North facing elevation of the building, constructed in lieu of the hipped roof, granted under planning reference no. 22197 and all ancillary works.
2660232	Conditional	22 Sept 2026	129 m	(a protected structure under the Sligo and environs development plan 2004-2010). The development will consist of change of use from existing 'Joseph Martin Bespoke Tailor' and 'Courtyard Café' to 'Fish and Bean' restaurant. Area of existing tailor's retail and workshop 126M2, over 2 storeys. Area of existing café 70M2, over 2 storeys. Total proposed area 196M2. The 2 buildings are adjoining with an overall height of 6.8M
2660277	Conditional	31 Aug 2026	91 m	The partial demolition and construction of a rear extension. Including alterations to plans and elevations with proposed street signage, A change of use to allow for a commercial ground floor unit and a single apartment at first floor and all associated site works
2660234	Conditional	11 Aug 2026	242 m	extension constructed to the rear of dwelling house with all associated works
2660238	Refused	10 Aug 2026	92 m	to retain exposed natural stone finish to front elevation
2660168	Conditional	24 Jun 2026	282 m	change of use of existing ground floor vacant commercial units (total floor area 450m2) at Print House to use as short stay residential letting comprising of 9 self-contained rooms with associated communal spaces, alterations to elevations and all associated works with associated works
2660164	Conditional	23 Jun 2026	167 m	Demolish the existing detached domestic garage and to widen the property entrance gateway to 4.0m width

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324374	—	open	16 Jun 2026	381 m
323461	—	Granted with conditions	28 Apr 2026	256 m
323321	—	Withdrawn	18 Aug 2025	345 m
321327	—	Refused	20 Mar 2025	380 m
315198	—	Other	22 Jan 2024	421 m
312770	—	Granted with conditions	1 Aug 2023	342 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Sligo County Council before relying on it.